Decadence and other essays on the culture of ideas

Author(s)

• Gourmont, Remy de
• Bradley, William Aspenwall

Bibliographic Information

Decadence and other essays on the culture of ideas

by Remy de Gourmont ; authorized translation by William Aspenwall Bradley

Grant Richards, 1922, c1921

Note

"The first, sixth, seventh and eighth essays are translated from La culture des idées; the ninth is from the Promenades philosophiques; and the remaining essays are from Le chemin de velours" -- on note

Includes bibliographical references

Contents of Works

• The disassociation of ideas
• Glory and the idea of immortality
• Success and the idea of beauty
• The value of education
• Women and language
• Stéphane Mallarmé and the idea of decadence
• Of style or writing
• Subconscious creation
• The roots of idealism

Details

• NCID: BA82980527
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 231 p., [1] leaf of plates
• Size: 20 cm